Hasta La Creative!

LONDON – Sky plans to launch its first 3D channel next year, enabling customers with a Sky+HD set-top box to watch 3D content if they upgrade to a 3D-ready TV set.

LONDON – Is it a stress reliever or simply a toy to leave on the your desk? P&I reviews the ‘Tangle’ and looks into what it might be and whether it can promote your brand.

Advertising Agency: DDB, London, United Kingdom
Executive Creative Director: Jeremy Craigen
Art Director: Richard Denney
Copywriter: David Henderson
Production Companies: Gorgeous Enterprises
Director: Chris Palmer
Rupert Smythe
Agency Producer: Richard Chambers
Date of First Publication: July 2009

LONDON – Internet entrepreneur John Harrison has launched an Apple iPhone application called TubePro which tells commuters exactly what Tube carriage stops opposite the exit at all London Underground stations.

LONDON – Twitter and Facebook apps are to be integrated into Microsoft’s Xbox 360 in time for Christmas allowing consumers to access the social media sites during game play.

LONDON – Bob Monkhouse is set to twitter from beyond the grave as part of the latest extension to Prostate Cancer Research’s award winning ‘Give a few bob’ campaign.

MEDIA WATCH: IBM’s declaration earlier this week that it intends to buy data analytics firm SPSS has the global media waxing lyrical about the benefits of database software. Here are the verdicts on the deal from Business Week, The Times, the Washington Post and the Press Association.

LONDON – Trinity Mirror, the owner of the Daily Mirror and more than 140 local papers, has reported an advertising dip at its national newspapers of more than 14% in the first six months of the year, but said it has seen “marginal” improvement in advertising trends.

LONDON – UK broadcaster Five has confirmed it is the latest to join Project Canvas, the IPTV service being developed by the BBC, ITV and BT.

LONDON – Brit Insurance will begin its sponsorship of the England cricket team next year, when it replaces Vodafone.